1999-10-10 Jan Slakov From: “Viviane Lerner” <•••@••.•••> —–Original Message—– From: •••@••.••• [mailto:•••@••.•••] Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 5:29 AM Subject: Emergency Call to Action for Mumia Abu-Jamal Emergency Call to Action STOP THE EXECUTION OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL! *this message contains details of “day after” demonstrations for Mumia Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Ridge is about to issue … Read more
1999-10-09 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: Allister_Hain <•••@••.•••> To: “‘•••@••.•••'” <•••@••.•••> Cc: “‘•••@••.•••'” <•••@••.•••> Subject: source for Carleton University news release Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 15:20:59 -0400 Dear Jan: In a recent posting to your listserv (Oct. 2, 1999 at 1:14 p.m.) — renaissance-network — you copied a Carleton University news release (from a Paul … Read more
1999-10-09 Richard Moore ============================================================================ Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 19:10:25 -0400 (EDT) To: •••@••.••• From: David Lewit <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: rn: Jubilee success- foreign debt relief Jan and Richard: Richard, you are correct. Further, “poorest countries” may well refer to those whose debt is simply unpayable–they can barely pay the interest and have no prospect … Read more
1999-10-05 Jan Slakov Dear RN, Here are some activists who can really show us what they’re made of – and inspire us to dare to be imaginative in our work. all the best, Jan 🙂 ******************************************************** Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 23:23:30 +0000 From: Paul Swann <•••@••.•••> Subject: Nudes, not nukes! Date: Mon, 4 Oct … Read more
1999-10-04 Richard Moore ============================================================================ From: •••@••.••• Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 14:25:22 EDT Subject: Re: rn: Jubilee success- foreign debt relief To: •••@••.••• In a message dated 10/1/99 10:58:40 AM, •••@••.••• writes: << He’s forgiving debts owed to “the United States”, which presumably has nothing to do with money owed to private US banks or … Read more
1999-10-04 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, James Porteous writes: Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 13:41:30 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: James Porteous <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Most of us just don’t get it… Sounds like a pretty damn morally logical reason to me. James At 01:14 PM 02/10/99 , you wrote: >people protesting the Viet Nam war, … Read more
1999-10-04 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, Wendell Solomon is a prolific writer on globalization issues who has contributed some interesting messages to this list. Here is his spoof of the Jubilee debt forgiveness announcement: all the best, Jan *************************************** Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 02:56:38 +0600 To: •••@••.••• From: “wendell w. solomons” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Jubilee … Read more
1999-10-02 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, A friend sent me this posting (below), which I bet most of us will find funny, if a bit painful as well, for it is all too true… It reminds me of a statistic I once saw, that of the people protesting the Viet Nam war, actually only 20% … Read more
1999-10-01 Richard Moore Dear rn, The essay about not being a ‘socialist’ sparked a number of responses, most of which are included below these remarks. Two were defenses of socialism and one suggested that “the obvious alternative to socialism is Natural Capitalism – as advanced by the Rocky Mountain Institute”. Two said the answer to … Read more
1999-10-01 Richard Moore 10/1/1999, Jan Slakov wrote: >What are we to make of the news, below, that the Clinton administration is >proposing to offer debt relief to the world’s poorest countries and that the >money saved must be used for social programs? Great news, but I can’t help >but be sceptical… He’s forgiving debts owed … Read more